As a (re)search photographer and storyteller, my work revolves around myths, mysteries, and the unseen. Growing up in a family deeply rooted in rituals, religion, magic, and ghost stories, I was always left wondering if there’s more to life than what we can see. My creative process blends visual, written, and site-specific research, collecting evidence to weave a new, poetic narrative that bridges the gap between myself and the unseen.
Driven by a sense of melancholy, I search for the hidden magic in everyday life, while exploring the urgency of rediscovering forgotten memories and heritage. The projects come together in a detective-like way—mixing archival research, collecting objects, and manipulating images across different media to challenge our collective memory. The stories touch on themes like the (super)natural, mysticism, feminism, intangible heritage, family, death, memory, and the past.
By exploring the space between fiction and reality, I aim to spark curiosity and understanding, without losing that sense of childlike wonder. Essentially, these themes are a way to explore my own place in the world, I sometimes struggle with finding.
In 2023, I graduated with a bachelor's degree in photography from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. Since then I have had the opportunity to exhibit my work in various places.
- Jet Siemons
email: hmg.siemons@gmail.com
insta: @jetsiemons
CV
(Group) Exhibition
11/5/2024 - OpenHuis, the Hague. Trail-the found photo album project
13/4/2024-25-5-2024 - CULT=US, organised by De Zolder, Rotterdam. The search for the Invisible Women
15/3/2024-13/4/2024 - Arti & Amicitae, Amsterdam. Trail- the found photo album project’
18/11/2023-10/12/2023 - Noorderlicht Regenerate, Student Opencall, Groningen
5/10/2023-15/10/2023 - SPROUTS Young Talent by SBK Kunstuitleen galerie, Amsterdam. The Invisible Women
30/6/2023-4/7/2023 - Graduation show Royal Academy of Arts (KABK) 2023, The Hague. The Invisible Women
3/11/2021-7/11/2021 - Coackroach Collective x The Spectrum Space, Schiedam. [krah-krah-krah]
20/1/2021-28/1/2021 - Greyspace In the Middle, The Hague, Cockroach Collective, third year KABK group exhibition. [krah-krah-krah]
24/11/2017 - 14/12-2018 - 5&33 Gallery, Art’Otel Amsterdam.
Funding
2024- Regeling Internationalisering ontwerp sector, Stimuleringsfonds - for ‘Living knowledges of the endangered’ with Ritvik Khushu.
Education
2024- Masterclass Ecopsychologie, Rotterdamse Munt, NL.
2024- Masterclass Bookmaking, NL.
2019-2023 - Royal Academy of Arts The Hague (KABK), BA photography
11/3/2022-13/3/2022 - Masterclass workshop Mario Cresci, Lecce, IT.
31/1/2022- 8/5/2022 - Internship Alessia Rollo, Lecce, IT.
2018-present - Mentee Margaret Lansink
2017- Research Internship at Center for Translational Research in Aging and Longevity (CTRAL), Texas A&M University
2016-2019 - Assistant Photographer Melanie Samat
Publication
2024- Fisheye Magazine, FR. Trail the found photo album project’
2022 - Discarded magazine, IT.
2019- Fresh Eyes Photo- GUP Magazine
2018- NEW GUP 2018- GUP magazine
Residency
2023- Norway
2021- Ravenna, Italy
